Kōnu District, Hiroshima
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Kōnu (甲奴郡 kōnu-gun?) was a district located in Hiroshima Prefecture until 2005. On March 31, 2005, the town of Sōryō merged with the city of Shōbara and 5 towns from Hiba District, there by the district dissolved. Currently the district is now the cities of Shōbara, Fuchu, Miyoshi, and the town of Jinsekikogen in Jinseki District.
[edit] The towns and villages once part of Kōnu District (at the 1889 municipal status enforcement)
- Arida (有田村)
- Arifuku (有福村)
- Inaga (井永村)
- Inakusa (稲草村)
- Ogaya (岡屋村)
- Ozuka (小塚村)
- Kajita (梶田村)
- Kamiryōke (上領家村)
- Kamedani (亀谷村)
- Kiya (木屋村)
- Kurome (黒目村)
- Goka (五箇村)
- Kohori (小堀村)
- Sakura (佐倉村)
- Shinami (階見村)
- Shimoryōke (下領家村)
- Jōge (上下村)
- Tarōmaru (太郎丸村)
- Chiwa (知和村)
- Tomasu (斗升村)
- Nakaryōke (中領家村)
- Nishino (西野村)
- Nukuyu (抜湯村)
- Fukuda (福田村)
- Futamori (二森村)
- Hongō (本郷村)
- Mizunaga (水永村)
- Yasuda (安田村)
- Yano (矢野村)
(Total of 29 villages)
[edit] Timeline (since 1889)
- April 1, 1889 Municipal status enforced. At this time, they were 29 villages.
- October 1, 1895 The villages of Inaga, Okaya, Sakura, Tomasu, and Mizunaga merged to form the village of Kiyotake (清岳村) (25 villages).
- October 1, 1895 The villages of Kajita, Nishino, Fukuda, and Hongō merged to form the village of Kōnu (22 villages).
- October 1, 1895 The villages of Arifuku, Ozuka, Kohori, and Futamori merged to form the village of Yoshino (19 villages).
- May 7, 1897 The village of Jōge gained town status to become the town of Jōge(1st) (1 town, 18 villages)
- January 1, 1912 The villages of Inakusa, Kiya, and Shimoryōke merged to form the village of Tabusa(田総村) (1 town, 16 villages).
- November 1, 1912 The villages of Arida, Tarōmaru, Chiwa, Nukuyu, and Yasuda merged to form the village of Kamikawa (1 town, 12 villages)
- February 1, 1913 The villages of Kamiryōke, Kamedani, Kurome, Goka, and Nakaryōke merged to form the village of Ryōke (1 town, 8 villages).
- March 31, 1954 The town of Jōge and the villages of Kiyotake, Yano, Yoshino, and parts of、Shinami merged to form the town of Jōge(2nd) (1 town, 4 villages).
- ※The remaining parts of the village of Shinami merged into the village of (now the town of Jinsekikōgen).
- March 31, 1955 The villages of Tabusa and Ryōke merged to form the town of Sōryō (2 towns, 2 villages).
- March 31, 1955 The villages of Kōnu and parts of Kamikawa merged to form the town of Kōnu(1st) (3 towns)
- ※The remaining parts of the village of Kamikawa (Chiwa and parts of Tarōmaru and Yasuda) merged into the town of Yoshiki (now:the city of Miyoshi).
- October 10, 1958 The town of Kōnu(1st) and the village of Hirosada from Sera District merged to form the town of Kōnu(2nd) (3 towns)
- April 1, 2004 The town of Jōge merges into the city of Fuchū (2 towns).
- April 1, 2004 The town of Kōnu(2nd) merges with the city of Miyoshi(1st) and all 6 towns and villages in Futami District to form the city of Miyoshi(2nd) (1 town).
- March 31, 2005 The town of Sōryō merged with the city of Shōbara(1st) and all 5 towns from Hiba District to form the city of Shōbara(2nd). Kōnu District dissolved due to this merger.
